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The Labour MP was friends with Margaret Thatcher, but certainly didn’t agree that there’s ‘no such thing as society’.
London’s City Hall.
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As they head to the polls on May 2, Londoners are concerned about policing, crime and personal safety.
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Are Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves focusing on the same criteria for economic competence as Britain’s voters?
The body of socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti is discovered on the outskirts of Rome on August 16 1924, two months after his disappearance.
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One hundred years after the Italian opposition leader’s murder, documents long locked away at the London School of Economics could shed new light on Mussolini’s involvement in his death
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Labour’s deputy leader has said she will resign if she is found to have committed a criminal offence in relation to her registered home address ten years ago.
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Should Rayner have to stand down over a housing scandal, the party would have to run a distracting internal election.
Rachel Reeves makes her case.
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‘Securonomics’ examined.
Vaughan Gething MS.
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Vaughan Gething succeeds Mark Drakeford as Welsh first minister, following a vote in the Senedd.
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Labour’s Muslim vote is concentrated in safe seats – but with an electoral mountain to climb, no contest can be taken for granted.
Miners from different collieries gather in Port Talbot in April 1984.
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The strike saw different political factions uniting, which eventually led to a more collaborative form of politics in Wales.
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The SNP was offered a debate – but what they wanted was a vote.
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There is no manual for a job at the top of government but a few golden rules are largely agreed upon by those who have experienced ministerial life.
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Disillusioned Conservative voters have had a string of opportunities to make their voices heard.
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Too often government policy is not designed with the long-term in mind. Instead, short-term economic outcomes and political gains are prioritised - to the detriment of public health.
Campaigners have decried Labour leader Keir Starmer’s timidity on climate change.
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Keir Starmer’s flagship climate change pledge has already been cut back significantly since 2021.
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Tooth decay is the most common reason why young children aged from five to ten are admitted to hospital.
Will Labour’s Keir Starmer (left) or the Conservatives’ Rishi Sunak (right) lead the next British government?
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After years of tumult in the ruling Conservative party, Labour looks set to take office. But it is no sure bet, and could be off the back of a large scale disaffection from the wider public.
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Ramsay MacDonald was Labour’s first ever PM but he ended up being booted out of the party he helped found.
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There are reasons to hold off until the autumn – but there are other clues that still point towards May.
Mark Drakeford has been Wales’ first minister since 2018.
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What does the future hold for Wales and Welsh Labour in the wake of Drakeford’s resignation?